| 词汇 | dour |
| 释义 | dour adjective uk /dʊər/ us /dʊr/ (usually of a person's appearance or manner) unfriendly, unhappy, and very serious: （通常指人的外表或行为）冷峻的，阴沉的，不苟言笑的 The normally dour Mr James was photographed smiling and joking with friends.平时不苟言笑的詹姆斯先生照片上却与朋友们谈笑风生。 Synonym morose lacking humour and not meant to be funny seriousShe had a serious look on her face. earnestAt that time he was an earnest young environmental activist. soberThe mood of the gathering was sober and reflective. sombreUKSince their colleague died there has been a very sombre atmosphere in the office. solemnThe two men fell silent, their faces solemn. not liking or being pleasant towards others unfriendlyThe crowd was unfriendly and dangerous. coolShe was very cool towards his new wife. coldShe's a cold, heartless woman. icyHe gave me an icy stare. glacialHer reception of him was glacial. Not being friendly abrasive abrasively abrasiveness abruptly abruptness aloof estrangement from someone flintily forbidding forbiddingly freezingly frigid gruff offish remote remoteness reserved reservedly saturnine wintry You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Feeling sad and unhappy Related wordsdourly dourness dour | American Dictionarydour adjective[ -er/-est only ] us/dʊər, dɑʊər/ (of a person’s appearance or manner) very serious and sad, and likely to judge people severely: a dour look Examples of dourdour Most will conjure up images of a dour collection of mostly older folk, sitting quietly in a plain room. What is meant here can perhaps be approached by considering the case of an isolated community of dour individualists who-for purely prudential reasons-maintain a volunteer fire department. We should not pretend that they need our help because they are dour, miserable and always whingeing—that is the last thing they are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a tremen- dour need for pioneer experiment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the end, one research worker, a rather dour north countryman, decided to take the local bus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is a well-preserved man of 60, with high forehead of intellectual shape and a dour, uncompromising expression. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In conclusion, those interested in penal reform have attempted to keep the dour taint of prison from as many people as possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have heard them again to-day with the same dour insistence, and when the bon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The title of this debate may appear a little dour and unexciting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No industrialist wants to move to a country which appears to him to be in a state of steep decline and inhabited by dour people holding out the begging bowl. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of them will be dour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a dour business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The present stage of the war is dour and hard, and the fighting must be expected on all fronts to increase in scale and in intensity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These negatives assumed great importance in such a dour and unforgiving atmosphere. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The funeral dance to the dour tune of bagpipes brings the footstep of doom into the forest. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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